Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-20
MIXED RELATIONS.
ReouliaF C0nnecaions Caused by
1he Castor Of lnaermaKFiage.

she Cuse01 Of lnaermaKFiage.
The World publishes . curious list Of
psculiar relationships by the custom of
YgotEzessd intermsrriages In families
prsvAIent among the Inhabitants of the
lad lying between the Delaware and
tie Chesas cake bays The most strik-
ing example is furnished by respeeia-
bls family Of farmers, bearing the old
nnne Of smith, living near Bernari's s
wharf, On the road leading 10 Cam
bridge. The present head of the family.
MAX Smith. is the father of a half
dozen bcys- Nark Smith, his father,
Jonathan Smith, who came from Eng
lnd. and Marx Smiths sons, Tedrick
and Samuel. all married sisters. The
women were the daughters of George
Hnritas, who formerly lived near Barn
ard's wharf. Marx Smiths wife died
tn years ago, leaving no children.
Marx then married his fathers widow.
She had been his fathers second wife
and was only Marks stepmOther. She
had . daughter by William l. Tilghman.
After she had borne Smith a child he
Uas divorced from her, whereupon she
vas welded TO Hurlbut. the father of
8uikh's first wife She hzi child by
Huribut- To further comllieate mat
tan, Samuel Smiths wife died and he
aarried TiEghmanis sister, who was a
siseer TO Hnribut's wife- The climax
vas raacbed when Tedriek Smiths son,
jonathan, married the daughter that
hi grandfzther's second wife had prev
icusly borne by William l.. Tilghman.
Was there ever a more mixed up family.
The Du Pont de Nemours family is
smother curiosity. The family, of Hu
xuenos extraction, ms been settled in
and around Wilmington for generations.
Collectively the Du Pont de Nsmours
family owns so, ,OOO, 900 Of property.
Mach of these vast possessions are held
in common, aud upon the death of .
Rember what lie used as mis- share il
divided mp amo1g the rest In marriage,
- well as money-makipg. the DE- Points
ne . close corporation. Rarely have
they ever gore further away from tht
Hood than a cousin for . wife, and the
Da Pont strain Is as pure as that of 9
Kentucky thorOugbbrtd- 1t would take
profouna thought ON the part of q
skilled gsnsalOgizt 10 fignrs out the exact
relations that the present generation oi
Du POsts be5r 10 one another.
The DashisE family ard the Handy
family and the Jones family. in Somer
aet county. Md, are Sd mixed up thai
tAsir family tees are absolutely unde-
eiphersble. Al three families art
socially Distinguished and have contrib
uted many men of mark 10 the profes
soma. The younger members of ths
Jones and Dasbiell families are mors
nized than the Han6ys. There Is ons
of the Dzahiells, = lawyer, who is hii
own first cousin. as well as his owl
hrokher-sn-law. Another OF the Dash
is1ls Is bis fathers half brother. while
aDother Is his vifeis brother-in law
One of the youthful scions of the houss
of Jones, who iIses in Baltimore. hal
tosn fgured ont to be his own father
Ths advantage Of being ones own
fssher uiil be Immediately apparent tc
evsry reader
Living near Beaver Dam. or, as it is
eohed now, lng'eside. in Qeeen Anna
eDunty, Md, are two brothers, Thomas
George Roberts and Charles Wise
Boberts- They came from the State of
OH, where each bad married sisters
1hsss si-ters were first cousins to the
fuGher cf the Roberts boys, and their
mokher had beea divorced from the
oaA.r Roberts- She had her daughters
~ Rebert's first cousin, whose name
vns Silver. and Silver. in turn, was .
eoasin t. Roberts mother. The mother
e the wives of the Roberts boys was .
a6spnother to the boys, and their Own
moeher vas also their fathwis cousin,